Mike Sconsa isn't fooled by his opponent's record, and he isn't comforted by the ease of victory in the last encounter."I'm trying to get that across to my team," said Sconsa, whose fourth-ranked Cascade Cougars (19-2) host Dyersville Beckman (8-13) in a Class 3A quarterfinal ...

CENTER POINT -- Carlie Wilhelmi got one chance, and one chance only."I told her, 'Make or miss,' " said Center Point-Urbana coach Philip Klett.Wilhelmi tried the first 3-pointer of her varsity career -- she swished it -- to highlight Center Point-Urbana's 53-26 rout of Marion in a ...

A buzzer beaten. A streak snapped.It has been a remarkable stretch for the Center Point-Urbana girls' basketball team.The Stormin' Pointers ran their winning streak to six games Tuesday at Center Point, knocking off Class 4A second-ranked Benton Community, 50-42, ending the Bobcats' 38-game regular-season winning ...

MOUNT VERNON -- It took Arika Wooldridge some time to learn her role with the Center Point-Urbana girls' basketball team."They want me to score, and if I'm not open, they want me to pass it out," she said.Heroism, that's gravy.Wooldridge grabbed an offensive rebound and ...